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Nearly 400 pre-trial detainees to be transferred from private prison in Georgia in move critics say is “a catastrophe”

The U.S. Marshals Service is preparing to transfer some 400 pre-trial detainees from a private prison in Georgia run by the Florida-based GEO Group to another facility nearly 200 miles away. Sources familiar with the plan say federal defenders, prosecutors and judges fear the move could disrupt criminal prosecutions in Atlanta, where the state’s busiest…

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House votes to limit Trump’s power to strike Iran for 3rd time, as 7 Republicans defect

Washington — For the third time, the House voted Tuesday to block President Trump from taking further military action against Iran, with seven Republicans breaking with the president.  The vote ended in a 220 to 204 tally, marking a symbolic rebuke of the president over the largely unpopular war. Tuesday’s resolution drew more GOP support…

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According to a Defense Department inspector, the United States has a munitions shortage and has spent $33 billion on the battle with Iran.

The United States is experiencing a shortage of ammunition due to its expensive war in Iran, the inspector general of the Defense Department disclosed on Monday. According to the inspector’s first-ever required report to Congress, the estimated cost of Operation Epic Fury (OEF) between February 28 and June 30 was $33.4 billion, of which $22.3…

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Donald Trump Jr.’s wife says Russian oligarch hosted post-wedding festivities as a “gift”

Washington — Bettina Anderson, the wife of the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., took to Instagram Monday to confirm that Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev hosted some of their May post-wedding festivities on a private island in the Bahamas as “an extraordinarily generous wedding gift.” Her post comes after ProPublica published a story Monday morning with…

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